Jung Chung-rae, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 5th that, regarding the timing for handling the "Yoon Suk-yeol administration fabricated indictment special counsel (special prosecutor) bill" recently introduced by the ruling party, the party will "gather the consensus of the public, party members, and lawmakers and make the best choice."
Meeting with reporters at Dongducheon Big Market in Gyeonggi on this day, Leader Jung said, "Because there was a Blue House briefing yesterday (on the 4th), the party and the Blue House need to coordinate."
He added, "Through a general meeting of lawmakers (we will gather lawmakers' views), and by asking party members for their views, we will decide what is best," and said, "If political prosecutors, who were obsessed with political retribution, oppression of the opposition, and taking down Lee Jae-myung, tried to indict and punish through false fabrication, that itself is a crime."
Leader Jung also said, "If it is revealed through investigation to be a real crime, the prosecutors and investigators involved must be punished, and the victims must of course be afforded relief," adding, "This is the embodiment of the spirit of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea and the normalization of judicial justice."
He continued, "As stated in Article 11 of the Constitution, all citizens are equal before the law," and said, "If there are citizens who suffered due to a fabricated indictment, whether they are ordinary citizens, mayors, district office heads, lawmakers, or the president, anyone should receive equal relief."
The Democratic Party's so-called "fabricated indictment special counsel bill" calls for uncovering the truth behind cases indicted during the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, including cases involving President Lee Jae-myung. Because the special counsel can decide whether to maintain indictments for those under investigation, some say it effectively grants a "power to drop indictments."
President Lee Jae-myung said the previous day through Hong Ik-pyo, the Blue House senior secretary for political affairs, "As for the specific timing and procedures related to handling the fabricated indictment special counsel, I ask the ruling Democratic Party to make a determination after a process of gathering public opinion and deliberation."